Jim O'Neill, who is chief economist at Goldman, is leading a team of wealthy individuals called the Red Knights to buy the club from the Glazer family. He is seeking to restore the club to partial fan ownership, which has supporters groups excited.

This is not the first time Lloyd Blankfein has received complaints about his employees dealings outside work. Jim Chanos called Mr. Blankfein to complain about his neighbor, Goldman's Marc Spilker, who aggressively cut down his shrubbery.